Tommy King

Tommy King (died 1975) was a Winter Hill Gang enforcer.

Biography
Tommy King was born in South Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, and he became an enforcer for Whitey Bulger's Winter Hill Gang. King was a hot-headed drinker, threatening to kill an Irish-American police officer for being in the Mafia's pocket. In 1975, a drunken King insulted Bulger after Bulger told King that he would not kill the cop, and Bulger decided to have King murdered for his insolence. He later had King accompany him, Johnny Martorano, and Stephen Flemmi, ostensibly to kill the man who had set up Mickey Maloney for the Mafia, but they instead drove to the waterfront. There, King apologized to Bulger, but as they shook hands, Martorano shot King in the back of the head with a pistol, killing him.